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The Christmas City is going to look a little different come Christmas 2015. Bethlehem's Citizens Christmas City Committee announced Wednesday it plans to install artificial instead of live Christmas trees on city light posts starting next year. The pre-strung LED light trees will save electricity and installation costs as well as the costs to purchase the trees themselves. It's also better for the environment, said Lynn Collins Cunningham, senior vice president for Bethlehem initiatives for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the volunteer Citizens Christmas City Committee. "We cut down a small forest every single year, and many of them don't make it to the Christmas season as green trees," Cunningham said. Click here to read the article.
The Christmas City is going to look a little different come Christmas 2015.
Bethlehem's Citizens Christmas City Committee announced Wednesday it plans to install artificial instead of live Christmas trees on city light posts starting next year.
The pre-strung LED light trees will save electricity and installation costs as well as the costs to purchase the trees themselves. It's also better for the environment, said Lynn Collins Cunningham, senior vice president for Bethlehem initiatives for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, which oversees the volunteer Citizens Christmas City Committee.
"We cut down a small forest every single year, and many of them don't make it to the Christmas season as green trees," Cunningham said.
Click here to read the article.